Japan to introduce its IT standardised exam in BD
Saturday, 23 October 2010
Japanese government is planning to hold Japan's Information Technology Engineers Examination (ITEE) in the city to facilitate the local IT students and professionals to take part in the ITEE, reports BSS.
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) said that this facility would create job opportunities for Bangladeshi IT professionals in Japan as well as would help the country implement its digital Bangladesh programme.
The ITEE is a national standardised examination of Japan for their IT professionals, attended by five to 0.6 million (6 lakh) IT students every year. In Japan, every IT student must pass the ITEE examination to get an ICT related job.
As first step of initiating holding of ITEE, JICA with the help of Science and ICT Ministry will hold a trial test of 'ITEE' in the city on October 30.
Though Bangladesh IT professionals have already gone a long way and the country is stepping towards building digital Bangladesh, there is yet any standardised examination for the IT professionals in Bangladesh, JICA Representative Takashi Ikeda said Friday.
JICA has taken the initiative to recognise the current skill and capacity astatus of local IT professionals for helping the government in building digital Bangladesh, he added.
Apart from Japan, the Japanese government holding the examination in 11 other Asian countries including South Korea, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and India. As per the Bangladesh Computer Council recommendations 300 students of Dhaka University, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology,(BUET), Jahangirnagar Univeristy, United International University, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology and some IT professionals will sit for the trial test on October 30.
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) said that this facility would create job opportunities for Bangladeshi IT professionals in Japan as well as would help the country implement its digital Bangladesh programme.
The ITEE is a national standardised examination of Japan for their IT professionals, attended by five to 0.6 million (6 lakh) IT students every year. In Japan, every IT student must pass the ITEE examination to get an ICT related job.
As first step of initiating holding of ITEE, JICA with the help of Science and ICT Ministry will hold a trial test of 'ITEE' in the city on October 30.
Though Bangladesh IT professionals have already gone a long way and the country is stepping towards building digital Bangladesh, there is yet any standardised examination for the IT professionals in Bangladesh, JICA Representative Takashi Ikeda said Friday.
JICA has taken the initiative to recognise the current skill and capacity astatus of local IT professionals for helping the government in building digital Bangladesh, he added.
Apart from Japan, the Japanese government holding the examination in 11 other Asian countries including South Korea, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and India. As per the Bangladesh Computer Council recommendations 300 students of Dhaka University, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology,(BUET), Jahangirnagar Univeristy, United International University, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology and some IT professionals will sit for the trial test on October 30.